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08/05/2013

Guest post - Dress up Photo shoots

Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of being a mom. From the
moment I turned five I automatically knew I wanted a boy and a girl.
Nothings seemed more perfect than having one of each and to enjoy the
best of both worlds. So here I am twenty-five years later and that is
just what I have, Caleb and Anna.

Caleb is courageous and combative in his aggressive play, always
looking for a good opportunity to wrestle you to the ground. Anna is as petite and feminine as a girl could get, with her four
pretend-children of her own and spectacular ability to color on
everything in sight. One thing they both have in common is neither of
them is shy.

In fact, at times it can get a bit ridiculous. They love to get
their picture taken, but they love to perform for mom and dad while
getting their picture taken even more. Truthfully we get just as much
a kick out of watching them as they do posing and performing for us.
Needless to say, one of our favorite things to do is to take pictures
of the kids all around the city. Our kids love to play in the water, and we thought; "what
better way to communicate their personalities than through
photography?"

We found a great park that had a water feature and a pond that the
kids could play in. We painted Anna's face, and found a great
fish costume to dress her up in as if to appear to be swimming in the
pond. We then found a fabulous bear costume to perfectly fit Caleb’s
personality. So the story unfolded in the pictures where Caleb the
big bad bear was chasing Anna the innocent fish swimming in the
water. Lets just say that the costumes and the facepaint didn’t
last very long, but it sure was fun for all of us to enjoy the moment
while it were there.

Downtown was another creative place we took pictures of the kids.
This time we thought it would be fun to dress them up in similar
outfits, but with a twist. They both had on adorable black top hats
we found at a thrift store. Anna had a black skirt and white shirt
while Caleb was sporting some old fashioned black trousers and a
white button up shirt. We couldn’t resist finishing off their
perfect ensembles with mom and dad matching the look.

I was wearing a gorgeous pink dress from the 40s and dad was in a
pretty dapper looking suit complete with a bow tie. In fact, father
and son both had matching pinkbow ties! With some pink roses and a pink cane, it made for
some incredible pictures that we will always have on our living room
wall.
One of our all-time-favorite photo shoots was one we did at
Christmas time. For many families, sitting on Santa’s lap is an
annual tradition. This setting usually includes Santa sitting in a
big gold chair with a colourful collage of props all around him. For
this one, there was a giant Christmas tree and monster size packages
that were in a winter wonderland.

We, like all the other parents, also took our kids to see Santa
but we put a twist on it. We dressed up Anna like a cute blonde
headed ginger bread cookie. Caleb proudly wore a full chef attire
with a white coat and a tall white hat. All of Santa’s helpers had
just as much fun as we did, the pictures came out just as great as we
had hoped. ThisChristmas, Caleb the chef brought Santa a cookie. You guessed it
– Anna was the cookie!

We know that quality time like this is short-lived and we want to
make the most of our time that we have with our kids. These fun photo
shoots have been full of laughs and great bonding times and we have
some great photos to remember the occasion to boot! The post was written by Becky.

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